Chapter 544 - Pauper Bandit Group (10)

Inside one of the bandit's base, the bandit's leader smashed a wooden chair next to him. His henchmen flinched because of that.

How could the bandit's leader not furious when his detailed plan was ruin because of an outsider likes Auron?

"Anyone know who was that man?" The young man suddenly asked.

When hearing that question, the bandit's leader turned around and faced the young man. However, he didn't seem angry with the young man's interruption. Instead, he said politely to the young man, "He must be an outsider. We will investigate his background and make sure he regrets involving in this matter."

When someone knew the bandit's leader saw this, they would be surprised. The bandit's leader was known for his brutality and arrogance. He would never bow to anyone. Moreover, the young man was only half of his age.

"No need! I will ask for help from my uncle. After the reinforcements arrived, we will kill them all. Remember, to leave that person to me!" The young man said arrogantly.

"Yes! I am grateful for the young master's help." The bandit's leader bowed and thanked the young man, followed by the other bandits.

"What should we do right now?" The bandit's leader asked.

"We shall prepare! Because of this, we must have notified the kingdom. They would send their soldiers soon. Group the weak and newcomer members and sacrifice them. For now, we will back off first until the situation calmed down!"

"Yes!" With that, the bandit's leader exit and began to give out several commands.

Five minutes later, the Pauper Bandit Group's leader went back inside and reported, "All has already taken care of. We are ready to move in one hour!"

"Make it thirty!" The young man said.

"Yes, sir!" The leader agreed. Then, he told his subordinate to finish all of the preparation in 30 minutes.

"What about my brother's achievements?" The young man said.

This time, instead of the Pauper Bandit Group's leader, it was another bandit group that answered.

"Your second brother still didn't show any achievement. He even made a blunder and caused his power to reduce by half."

"The dangerous one was your eldest brother. He already made several achievements, such as successfully rob hundreds of merchants!"

"His wealth had already surpassed our."

When hearing the report, the young man frowned. He knew that this failure would cause a setback and made the gap with his eldest brother wider. However, he never thought that the gap would be this big.

This young man was actually the reason that the Pauper Bandit Group could flourish like this. He was the youngest son of Emerzo, the leader of Sculd.

Sculd was a large-sized bandit group. They were ranked in the top 10 and placed on the eight ranked among the large-sized bandit group. Their main source of income was robbing merchant's caravan and dealt a shady business with nobles.

Emerzo had three sons, and the young man was the youngest of the three. One week ago, Emerzo gave his three sons test to determine his successor. They would be given limited resources and, from there, they had to make more money. After one month, the wealthiest among the three would become his successor.

Of course, there was a limitation. Besides the initial resource, all of the resources that the three sons used from Sculd would be considered as a loan. In the end, they would calculate the cost and subtracts it from the wealth the three sons had gathered. 

Besides money, other things could be considered, which was merit. However, to gain merit was more difficult than to gain money. To gain merit, one needed to cause significant damage to the kingdom, whether it was to the villages or the military. Because of that, merit was valued higher than ordinary gold.

The young man's first plan was to increase his troops. Hence, he gathered all of this small-sized bandit group and supplied them to become bigger. Pauper Bandit Group was the first bandit group that pledged allegiance to the young man. Hence, the Pauper Bandit Group's position was higher than the other bandit group.

Of course, the Pauper Bandit Group didn't fear the young man. What he feared was the young man's father. That was why he pledged allegiance to the young man. 

Using the Sculd as a backer in name, Pauper Bandit Group quickly developed. He gained more people in such a short time and became the medium-sized bandit group.

Up to this moment, everything was going smoothly. The young man's plan was executed well, and their progress grew steadily. Unfortunately, his eldest brother was a difficult opponent to beat.

The young man's eldest brother grew quickly and surpassed the young man. The young man racked his brain to gain more achievement. Then, he thought about gaining merit.

The young man created a way to gain merit. And, he found one, the caravan's owner.

The caravan's owner was one of the sons of military higher-ups. By killing the caravan's owner, he would gain a little bit of merit. So, he had to kill the caravan's owner. However, his plan failed, and the caravan's owner survived and rested in the villages.

Since his plan failed, the young man decided to go by himself to kill the caravan's owner inside the village. He used his young age in his favor.

The plan was for the young man to go inside the village and assassinate the caravan's owner. Then, the Pauper Bandit Group would come to rescue him. Sadly, his assassination plan failed as well.

However, he was not discouraged since he knew that his troops were ready to eradicate this village. Unfortunately, that was also failed. Not only that, he failed the plan twice by the same person. 

The young man's assassination plan and raiding plan was failed because of Auron. The young man had tried to hold his anger on the outside. However, inside his mind, he was brimming with rage to kill Auron.